Because I feel bad for leaving you guys hanging for so long, I decided to update again! I've been in the writing mood lately and I finally have a definite plan of where this story is heading. Any ideas though are still 100% welcome so PM me! Thank you to those who reviewed. You are awesome!

Disclaimer: I don't own VA

DPOV

I was completely caught off guard when Rose asked me why I didn't come after her. I had so many reasons, but none of them were good enough. I regretted the decision to let her go, but I stuck with it because I thought it was the right thing to do. Plus, I was ashamed of myself for letting her go and thought she would never take me back. I knew she would be angry with my answer but it was the only one I could come up with. Sure enough, she was furious. Why am I so stupid?

Her response, however, shocked me more than the question. "Of course I wanted you to! I loved you! I wanted to leave here, this town, this school. Not you! I wanted you, always, and all I got was a 'have a nice life' when I told you I was actually leaving!" I was stunned. Her answer made me regret my decision even more.

Suddenly, I was angry. Rose and I are similar in so many ways, but the biggest similarity is our stubbornness and how much we fight to control our anger. My anger however, just snapped. It wasn't just that Rose had told me she wanted me to come after her all these years and never thought to tell me, it was that I was angry with myself. I should have known that was how she felt. I knew she loved me and that she didn't run to L.A. to get away from me, she ran to get away from this place.

"I thought that was what you wanted! You told me from day one that you wanted to move away for your music. I knew you would leave and I didn't want to hold you back! I loved you and I didn't want to hold you back from your dreams! I let you go because I knew if I didn't, you would resent me for trying to keep you here!" I said, on the verge of yelling. I was so filled with sadness, anger, and regret that I thought I would explode.

Suddenly, Rose wasn't in my arms anymore. I turned to find her half running towards the door. She always did this when she was angry. She needed space but she also needed comfort. I felt a hand grab my shoulder. I turned back around to find Lissa standing there with an angry expression on her face.

"What did you do!" she yelled. I just stood there stunned. Lissa hardly ever yelled but when she did, she was scary, which is staying something because I am three times her size. "Well, don't make the same mistake twice! Go after her you idiot!" The next thing I know she is pushing me in the direction of the door. I came back to my senses and ran out the door to find her.

There she stood, arms wrapped around herself, hair blowing in the late night breeze, with her face up to the sky, inhaling deep breaths. She is beautiful. So beautiful it hurts me. I walked up and stood right behind her. It took every ounce of self control to not wrap my arms around her from behind and bury my face in her hair like I used to do when this happened.

I let out a deep sigh, knowing that this was my chance to come clean and tell her how I felt. I have never been good with my feelings. I used to never express them to anyone. Rose changed that though. She made me feel vulnerable and safe. I could always show and tell her how I felt, just like right now. "I'm so sorry Roza. You have no idea how much I regret walking away. I just thought that was what you wanted. I wanted to fight for you, but I also didn't know how to make it work. I knew you didn't want to stay here and I didn't want to move to L.A. I also knew that if we somehow managed to work it out and stay together long distance that it would ruin our relationship and we would resent each other for not making enough time to be together or not visiting enough. I wanted you to succeed as much as you did and I didn't want to distract you. So many times over the years I wanted to come to L.A. to find you, but then I would turn on the T.V. or pick up a magazine, or go on the Internet and you were there. You did it Roza. You got the career you always wanted. You're living your dream. Seeing how much you have accomplished made me want to keep my distance and let you be happy. I didn't want to distract you or make you think you had to choose between your career and me. I let you go because I loved you. I still love you. Forever and always."

She stood their for a moment processing what I had said. I meant every word and I hoped she knew that. She turned around and looked me in the eyes. It was dark out but the moon shown down and illuminated her like an angel. She had tearstains on her cheeks and I knew that she understood. She then threaded one hand through my hair and placed the other on my cheek. She brought my face towards her and our lips met in an amazing kiss. I wrapped my arms around her waist and it felt so amazing, so much like home. I could feel her understanding, her love, in that kiss. I had missed her so much and I didn't care what I had to do, I was never losing her again.

She pulled away, not letting go of my face, and looked into my eyes. "I love you. I never stopped. Forever and always." Her words made me want to cry. I couldn't believe she loved me. With all the tabloids and news articles I have read about her over the years, I thought she had moved on. I should have known she still loved me as much as I loved her. We were meant for each other. I have never believed in soul mates but I think we come about as close as you can get to that description. I brought her lips back to mine in a more needy and passionate kiss. All to soon, I heard someone clear their throat. "Well, now this really does feel like old times. Me having to break up you two before you start going at it in a public place," a familiar voice says. The scent of clove cigarettes and expensive cologne fill the air. I look over to see Adrian Ivashkov, leaned against the side of the gym building smoking a cigarette.

I never liked Adrian. We were civil and got along, but he has always had a crush on Rose and it drove me nuts. I always knew Rose thought of him as a brother and that nothing had ever happened between the two, just incessant flirting, but it still drove me crazy.

"Holy shit! Adrian!" Rose yelled as she pulled away from me and ran over to him. He dropped his cigarette and pulled her into a bear hug, twirling around in a circle.

"Hello my little star! How have you been? Breaking hearts of every male sex symbol in Hollywood I'm sure," he said to her with a wink and that smug smirk that has always driven me crazy.

Rose just rolled her eyes and smiled. "Just fine, what about you? Still sleeping with every girl that throws you a smile and is wearing something hardly covering the essentials?"

He laughed and pulled out another cigarette. He lit it and took a puff. "Actually, I'm a married man. No more sleeping around for me," he said with a smile full of love and a far away look in his eye telling me that he was thinking of his wife.

Rose's eyes widened and her jaw went slack. I knew this small fact. He and his wife now live here in town and he is an art teacher in the elementary school. "You're married? To who!"

"Yes, it has been a year, though we have been together longer. As for who, you will just have to wait and see. She's here actually; you'll see when you get back inside. Speaking of the wife, I should probably go back in and find her." With that he turned around and started walking towards the gym. Right as he was opening the door, he turned back to us. "Just don't start having sex on the sidewalk. No one wants to see that." He winked at us, threw his finished cigarette in the grass, and walked inside. Some things will just never change.

RPOV

Adrian. Married. Wow. I don't even know what to think of that. I cannot wait to see who he married. Probably some bimbo gold digger. Well, maybe not. Adrian doesn't commit to girls like that, only sleeps with them, or slept with them. I can't believe he convinced someone to marry him. Well, good for him.

After he reentered the gym, I turned back to Dimitri. He had this knowing look on his face that told me he was not at all surprised by Adrian's news. "You knew?" I asked him.

He nodded his head. "They live in town. Adrian is the elementary school art teacher and his wife works at a historical museum in Missoula."

I was so stunned all I could say was, "Huh. Well good for him."

There was a moment of silence before Dimitri closed the gap between us and wrapped his arms around me. "Now where were we?" he murmured before bringing his lips back to mine. I smiled into the kiss and began to kiss him back. It did not last long and it was not as passion filled as the one Adrian broke up, but it was amazing none the less.

I pulled away first and looked into his eyes. "I missed you so much," he said. He brought his hand up to my face and started tracing my hairline, then my eyebrows, around my eyes, down my cheeks, across my lips, down my chin, and around my neck into my hair, all while maintaining eye contact. He continued to run his fingers through my hair and I smiled. He always loved my hair. More than once when we were together, he would sneak over to my house and spend the night and I would wake up the next morning to find him playing with my hair with a content smile on his lips. A smile that I could see he was wearing now.

We stood there for a couple minutes just basking in the glory of being in each other's arms when he spoke again. "We have a lot we need to talk about," he said while he furrowed his eyebrows.

He looked as if he was going to say more but I put a finger to his lips. "Let's not talk about it now. I'm here the whole week. We will have plenty of time to talk. Let's just enjoy being together okay?" I said, just wanting to enjoy this night before the inevitable compromising and fighting began.

He sighed in defeat and nodded. "Let's go back in. It's cold out here," he said, grabbing my hand and leading me back inside the gym. I sighed in contentment as he wrapped his arm around me while continuing to hold my hand, and drew me closer to his body. I had missed him and I really hoped that we could work it out. For now though, I was just going to enjoy tonight.

I'm going to attempt to update once a week. However, I'm pretty busy so we will see :)